function y=rdct(x,n,a,b)
 %RDCT     Discrete cosine transform of real data Y=(X,N,A,B)
 % Data is truncated/padded to length N.
 %
 % This routine is equivalent to multiplying by the matrix
 %
 %   rdct(eye(n)) = diag([sqrt(2)*B/A repmat(2/A,1,n-1)]) * cos((0:n-1)'*(0.5:n)*pi/n)
 %
 % Default values of the scaling factors are A=sqrt(2N) and B=1 which
 % results in an orthogonal matrix. Other common values are A=1 or N and/or B=1 or sqrt(2).
 % If b~=1 then the columns are no longer orthogonal.
 %
 % see IRDCT for the inverse transform
 
 % BUG: in line 51 we should do chopping after transform and not before
 
 
 
 %      Copyright (C) Mike Brookes 1998
 %      Version: $Id: rdct.m,v 1.6 2007/05/04 07:01:39 dmb Exp $
 %
 %   VOICEBOX is a MATLAB toolbox for speech processing.
 %   Home page: http://www.ee.ic.ac.uk/hp/staff/dmb/voicebox/voicebox.html
 %
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 fl=size(x,1)==1;
 if fl x=x(:); end
 [m,k]=size(x);
 if nargin<2 n=m;
 end
 if nargin<4 b=1;  
     if nargin<3 a=sqrt(2*n);
     end
     end
 if n>m x=[x; zeros(n-m,k)];
 elseif n<m x(n+1:m,:)=[];
 end
 
 x=[x(1:2:n,:); x(2*fix(n/2):-2:2,:)];
 z=[sqrt(2) 2*exp((-0.5i*pi/n)*(1:n-1))].';
 y=real(fft(x).*z(:,ones(1,k)))/a;
 y(1,:)=y(1,:)*b;
 if fl y=y.'; end